Ken Liston News Today

Lewis and Clark County and Powell County commissioners on Tuesday picked Republican Zack Wirth to fill the House District 80 seat that was vacated when Becky Beard was appointed to

Drew Zinecker, an aide to Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, made the comments during a meeting of the Lewis and Clark County Republican Central Committee.

A Republican panel selected Hailey Oestreicher, Zachary Wirth and Nathan Nachtsheim for consideration by commissioners to be the next HD 80 representative.

Nathan Nachtsheim, Hailey Oestreicher and Zack Wirth were selected after nearly two hours of questioning.

The Lewis and Clark Republican Central Committee has appointed a panel to work with Powell County to fill the vacant House District 80 seat.

“If the reservations want to say they are independent countries … but they want a lot of handouts, why are we counting their ballots?” said Drew Zinecker.

HD 80 candidates so far include Ken Liston, Nathan Nachtsheim, Hailey Oestreicher, Scott Reichner, Zack Wirth and Drew Zinecker.